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(Nu Model.)

W. HENDRIOKSON.

GOMPOSING STICK.

No. 310,422. 1 Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

RI 1% I WITNESSES INVENTOR L ,///LL L\ BY M 74 ATTORNEYS.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM HEN DRIOKSON OE BROOKLYN, NEXY YORK.

COMPOSlNG-STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,422, dated January6, 1885.

Application filed April 15, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM: HENDRICK- SON, of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invent-ed a new and usefulImprovement in Composing-Sticks, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of one of my improved composing-sticks. Fig. 2is a sectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line so 00,Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to promote convenience in usingcomposing-sticks.

The invention consists in acomposing-stick made with a recessed knee,and provided with lever-clamps having their inner arms overlapped andtheir outer arms bent to overlap the under side of the bottom of thestick, and made to clasp the said bottom by ahand-screw passing inthrough a screw-hole in the said knee, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

Arepresents the bottom, 13 the back flange, and O the end flange, of anordinary composing-stick.

D is the knee, the lower part ofwhich is recessed to receive theinnerarms of the leverclamps E E, the inner ends of which overlap eachother, as shown in Fig. 2. The levers E F are pivoted to the knee D nearits ends. The outer arm of the lever E is bent downward, inward, aroundthe edge of the bottom A and rest against the lower side of the saidbottom. The outer arm of thelever F is bent upward,

and upward to pass outward, downward, inward, and upward to pass overthe flange B and rest against the lower side of the bottom A. The endsof the outer arms of the levers E F are widened to give them a firm holdupon the bottom A and prevent them from marring the said bottom.

G is a thumb screw, which passes down through a screw-hole in the kneeD, so that its forward end will rest upon the upper one of theoverlapped ends of the levers E F. WVith this construction, bytightening the screw G, the levers E F will be made to clamp thelowerside of the bottom A, and thus fasten the knee D securely in place,and by loosening the said screw the levers E Fwill be loosened, so thatthe said knee can be readily adj usted into any desired position, andwhen adjusted can be firmly clamped in place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the recessed knee of acomposing-stick, of lever-clamps pivoted to said knee, and a screw foroperating said clamps to cause them to engage the body of the stick,substantially as set forth.

2. A composingstiek consisting of the bot tom, back flange, and end, A BG, recessed knee D, bent lever-clamps E F, pivoted in a recess in theknee D and embracing the edges of the bottom and back flange with theirbent ends, and overlapped at their free ends, and the screw G, passingthrough the knee to operate the said levers, substantially as set forth.

WVILLIAM I-IENDRIOKSON.

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J AMES T. GRAHAM, EDGAR TATE.

